Damas (skipper)

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Damas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Carystina
Genus: Damas
Godman, [1901]

Damas is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Damas include:

Related Research Articles

Damas may refer to:

<i>Gomalia elma</i> Species of butterfly

Gomalia is a monotypic genus of hesperiid butterfly. Gomalia elma, the marbled skipper or African marbled skipper, is found in Africa and parts of Asia.

<i>Celaenorrhinus</i> Genus of butterflies

Celaenorrhinus is a genus of skipper butterflies which are commonly termed sprites. An alternate name is flats, for their habit of holding their wings flat when resting, but this is also used for related genera. They are the type genus of tribe Celaenorrhinini.

<i>Hasora khoda</i> Species of butterfly

Hasora khoda, the large banded awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India, parts of Southeast Asia and Australia.

<i>Chamunda chamunda</i> Species of butterfly

Chamunda chamunda is a species of spread-winged skipper in the family Hesperiidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Chamunda and the monotypic subfamily Chamundinae. It is found from Assam to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia and possibly Java.

<i>Dalla</i> (skipper) Genus of butterflies

Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

<i>Decinea</i> Genus of butterflies

Decinea is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

<i>Heliopetes</i> Genus of butterflies

Heliopetes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Iliana is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It was described in 1937 by Ernest Layton Bell, with Iliana romulus as type species. The genus has a neotropical distribution.

<i>Katreus</i> Genus of butterflies

Katreus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Lamponia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Moeris is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Piruna is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Tigasis is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

<i>Darpa</i> (butterfly) Genus of butterflies

Darpa is a genus of spread-wingedskippers in the family Hesperiidae. Their distribution is restricted to the Indomalayan realm.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Erionotini</span> Tribe of butterflies

The Erionotini are a tribe of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae.

<i>Caenides dacela</i> Species of butterfly

Caenides dacela, commonly known as the common recluse, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found within the geographical range that stretches from the Basse Casamance in Senegal to Uganda and Kenya, but generally does not penetrate much south of the Equator. Amongst the genus Caenides, Caenides dacela is the most common and most widely distributed. The habitat consists of forests.

References

  1. 1 2 Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi . 0731: 1–56.